North End Library Hall

The North End Library Hall, was part of the North End Library and was designed by F W Crage. It is situated on a triangular piece of land bounded by Mount Road and Crawford Street, North End Port Elizabeth. The building was opened on October 8, 1909, by the Civil Commissioner W C Scully. The hall was extended and given its own entrance. The extension to the building was opened by Mayor A H Brookes on December 17, 1927. The alterations were the work of Smith, Sons and Dewar. The hall was used during the day by scholars from the Adderley Street Primary School and in 1911 was renamed the Mackay School. The school moved to new temporary premises in 1914 and then to a proper school on February 1, 1919.

Sources

Port Elizabeth - A Social Chronicle to the End of 1945 by Margaret Harradine.